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  1. More hints that FEMA will be done away with in its entirety. When the feds do contribute money to an area it in the future it will be done differently: “We’re going to give it out directly. It’ll be from the president’s office. We’ll have somebody here, could be Homeland Security.” Wanna bet which set of states (red versus blue) will get the lion's share of the money?
  2. For pedo, sure. For dogs.... look who's our Homeland Security head.
  3. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
  4. Presidents' names and images should be removed from all such things. Replace it with "your tax dollars at work".
  5. Ack. Disregard my last paragraph. That was for the previous election. Not this year's. In 2025 the Union got 28.5% to AfD's 20.8%.
  6. No. Well, sort of. Maybe. They placed second in the last election. So no. But... The top party, the Union, is kind of two parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU). The CSU is in Bavaria and the CDU is everywhere else. So it likely hinges on whether you treat the Union as one party (the two are probably more aligned than the Democrats!) or two. However, the Union got 24.1% of the vote to AfD's 10.4%. Even if you cut the Union in half for CDU and CSU (worst possible outcome, 12%) that is still greater than AfD. So, now that I consider the exact numbers, the answer is no. It's not.
  7. No. Not about this, or any other topic.
  8. So, I am supposed to believe: EVIL! - Negotiating with drug companies to bring down Rx prices, as many other countries already do, for Medicare and Medicaid. SOCIALISM! BRILLIANT! - Mandating a price for Rx that companies can charge. It just makes my head hurt. Thank God TFG is lowering drug prices with the stroke of a pen Sharpie!
  9. Assuming this is real (this damn simulation we live in!), it would be a high honor to buy that guy a beer or two.
  10. Nothing to see here, just the US Government using tariffs as a bargaining chip to force acceptance of a service owned by someone high up within the administration.
  11. All he needs to do now is wear a blue turban and it's game over!
  12. I believe Trump attended one of the Bastille Day parades as President and was very aroused by it. He talked of doing the same here. I suspect he will attempt to make this fantasy real.
  13. Not just because of the current President, but I'd be 100% behind the idea of removing portraits of Presidents, VPs, Secretaries, etc. from all public buildings around the world. We are (supposed to be) a nation of laws, not of men (or women). Even more silly. I am annoyed when I see the name of the current agricultural commissioner name on gas station inspection stickers. So, I know I have issues.
  14. Yeah, right now it feels like future "elections" will be about as free and fair and some of his recent "golf championships".
  15. We raise tariffs even higher and threaten to make them the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, ... states? Whatever it takes.
  16. I listened to that episode and at one point she was discussing the story about Warren Buffet paying more in taxes (by percentage points) than his secretary. I think the economist misspoke, or misunderstood, something about the comparison. I think the core of the argument is taxes on salary for the middle class (the secretary) is higher than taxes on dividends or long term capital gains for the rich (Warren). But this distinction was not addressed and she dismissed the anecdote. I became less enthused about the episode after that.
  17. Not that I would rent such a thing, ever. But if I did I would 100% be sure to get full insurance coverage on it. One would be a fool not to do so.
  18. This was for voter registration purposes, not voting at the polls.
  19. Trumps EO mandating documented proof of citizenship excludes birth certificates and non-REAL ID drivers licenses. Passports are OK though. If only US citizens with passports voted I feel confident that this last election would have turned out far differently.
  20. Jokes on them. The vast majority of Greenlanders live on the other side of the island. Given the level of intelligence (or sobriety) of the people involved, I refuse to completely rule out the validity of this document.
  21. We've visited friends in Germany a couple of times and they were quite excited about visiting us in California. Their daughters had never been to the US. All of those plans were cancelled after the election and the resulting chaos. That's one small anecdote, but I suspect it represents one data point in a much larger trend.
  22. Partner countries in USAID co-development projects want to know where their money is. Calls are not being returned.
  23. Delaware North is privately owned and kind of owned part of Yosemite National Park a few years back. They were the company contracted to run concessions in the park such as the Ahwahnee Hotel. They got replaced by some other company when the contract was rebid. Turns out, DN trademarked Ahwahnee and other names of property it did not own while operating the sites. For a time the park had to rename its own property to avoid lawsuits. The Ahwahnee was called the Majestic Yosemite Hotel during this time. When my wife and I visited the park a few years back we were going to visit a restaurant in one of the large hotels outside of the park near where we were staying. It looked great. We pulled up and saw it was owned by Delaware North. We turned around at the entrance and left. Fuck those guys.
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